Upcoming Conferences

From August 8, 1990 (update #3)

* "Introduced Aquatic Nuisance Species in the Great Lakes: Ecology and Management" is the topic of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) conference to be held Sept. 26-27 at Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Mich. Though designed primarily for regulatory agency officials charged with implementing existing legislation regarding exotic nuisance organisms, the conference is open to the public. For more information, contact David Yount, phone (218) 720-5752, or Robert Drummond, phone (218) 720-5733, at the USEPA Environmental Research Lab, 6201 Congdon Blvd., Duluth, MN 55804.

* An international zebra mussel research symposium is planned for Dec. 5-7 in Columbus, Ohio. Hosted by Ohio Sea Grant, the symposium will feature results from the 1990 field research season for the entire Great Lakes region. For more information, contact symposium coordinator Fred Snyder, Ohio Sea Grant Extension, phone (419) 635-4117.

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The Zebra Mussel Update was a 4- to 8-page quarterly national newsletter published by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute from May 1990 through May 1997. The ZMU documented the spread of the zebra mussel -- an exotic nuisance mussel -- through North America's freshwater environments, especially the Great Lakes, and on efforts to control it.